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This resource relating to Psalm 66:8-20 provides a poem by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) expressing gratitude for God's answering of prayers and a poem by Pádraig Ó Tuama seeking meaning in the story of life.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 66:8-20
CLASSIC POEM:
Praise to God
For Hearing Prayer
Isaac Watts
Now shall my solemn vows be paid
To that Almighty Power,
That heard the long requests I made
In my distressful hour.
My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known;
Come, ye that fear my God, and hear
The wonders he has done.
When on my head huge sorrows fell,
I sought his heav’nly aid;
He saved my sinking soul from hell,
And death’s eternal shade.
If sin lay covered in my heart,
While prayer employed my tongue,
The Lord had shown me no regard,
Nor I his praises sung.
But God (his name be ever blest)
Has set my spirit free;
Nor turned from him my poor request,
Nor turned his heart from me.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Narrative Theology #1
Padraig O’Tuama
SNIPPET:
And I said to him
Are there answers to all of this?
And he said
The answer is in a story
and the story is being told.
[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Psalm 66:8-20
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Sixth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, May 8, 2023